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Phil Lesh

Born: March 15, 1940

Phil Lesh was an American musician best known as the bassist for the Grateful Dead, a band that became iconic in the rock and jam band scenes. Born on March 15, 1940, in Berkeley, California, Lesh played a crucial role in the band's experimental and improvisational approach to music, blending rock, jazz, and classical influences.

Lesh's innovative bass playing and harmony vocals contributed significantly to the Grateful Dead's signature sound. After the band dissolved in 1995, he continued to perform with various projects, including Phil Lesh & Friends, and participated in numerous tribute concerts and festivals celebrating the band's legacy

Grateful Dead: Meet-Up at the Movies 2026 - 6/17/91 at Giants Stadium 

by Doug Collette
August 29, 2026

Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies 2026:  6/17/91 at Giants Stadium  Majestic 10, Williston, VT August 20, 2026 Rhino Records/Trafalgar Releasing In the fifteen years since its inception in 2011, the annual Grateful Dead community event dubbed 'Meetup at the Movies' has included more than one repeat of content. Not ...

How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: The Grateful Dead

by Kyle Simpler
June 24, 2026

The Grateful Dead, probably more than any other rock band that emerged from the 1960s, tapped into the full scope of American musical tradition. From their earliest days, they were an eclectic rock band, blending elements of blues, r&b, country, bluegrass, and jazz. But rather than trying to replicate particular genres exactly, the band's goal was ...

Charles Ives: Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives

by Doug Collette
April 15, 2026

As the archiving team at the Owsley Stanley Foundation (including the namesake's offspring) has overseen its wealth of 1500-some recordings, they have done yeoman's work to insure that the reputation of the man nicknamed 'Bear' is inextricably linked to his passion for the best possible sound he could facilitate. In that regard, the range of ...

Souvik Dutta: 20 Years of Abstract Logix

by Mike Jacobs
September 27, 2024

If you are a music lover, you may already know the name Souvik (pronounced show-vik) Dutta. Over the last 20 years, he has taken his Abstract Logix enterprise from a pre-YouTube streaming platform to a music retail website to a niche imprint to a respected independent label boasting a top-tier roster that includes the likes of ...

Ace - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2CD)

By Bob Weir

Label: Rhino
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: Greatest Story Ever Told; Black-Throated Wind; Walk In The Sunshine; Playing In The Band; Looks Like Rain; Mexicali Blues; One More Saturday Night; Cassidy. CD 2: Greatest Story Ever Told; Black- Throated Wind; Walk In The Sunshine; Playing In The Band; Looks Like Rain; Mexicali Blues Intro; Mexicali Blues; One More Saturday Night; Cassidy.

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73

By Grateful Dead

Label: Rhino
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: Morning Dew; Beat It On Down The Line; Ramble On Rose; Jack Straw; Wave That Flag; Looks Like Rain; Box Of Rain; They Love Each Other; The Race Is On; Row Jimmy; El Paso. CD 2: Bird Song; Playing In The Band; Eyes Of The World>Stella Blue; Big River; Here Comes Sunshine; CD 3: Around And Around; Dark Star>He's Gone>Wharf Rat>Truckin'; Sugar Magnolia. CD 4: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry; That's All Right; Promised Land; Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Drums>Not Fade Away; Johnny B. Goode.

John Scofield: Uncle John's Band

by Neil Duggan
October 24, 2023

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead's bassist for over 30 years, claimed their basic inspiration came from the musical unions he saw in the Miles Davis Quartet along with the John Coltrane Quartet from the early 1960s. John Scofield and Lesh have played together on many occasions. So perhaps it is no surprise that the Grateful Dead anthem, ...

Sun Ra Arkestra at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
August 9, 2023

Sun Ra Arkestra SFJAZZ Center Summer Season San Francisco July 18-21, 2023 Though on the surface, Dead & Company and the Sun Ra Arkestra--the first a Grateful Dead offshoot focusing on rock tunes featuring extended jams, the other an avant-garde jazz ensemble that remains ahead of its time--might seem really ...

Bob Weir: Ace - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2CD)

by Doug Collette
January 29, 2023

Befitting its heady milestone date, the title of Bob Weir's initial solo album, Ace, carries multiple meanings. First of all, it was the Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist & songwriter's nickname at the time of its gestation and completion (his bawdy persona as such mirrored in the ultra-suave pose on the inside photo as well as the ...